16.7% of households in New Meadows received food stamps in 2017

New Meadows ranked 73rd in Idaho for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

31 of 186 New Meadows households (16.7 percent) received food stamps. New Meadows' population reached 507 people in 2017.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Huetter, which had 37 of 62 households receiving food stamps, 43 percent more than New Meadows. In 2017 the population of Huetter was 152.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Sun Valley, which had 2 of 532 households receiving food stamps, 16.3 percent less than New Meadows. In 2017 the population of Sun Valley was 1,426.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Top food stamp cities in 2017

Rank

City

Total Households

Total households receiving food stamps

Percentage of households receiving food stamps

1

Huetter

62

37

59.7

2

Rockford

74

34

45.9

3

De Smet

52

21

40.4

4

Wilder

430

155

36

5

Smelterville

323

113

35

6

Homedale

862

297

34.5

7

Bovill

103

34

33

8

Culdesac

134

43

32.1

9

Marsing

480

152

31.7

10

Clark Fork

266

83

31.2

11

Dubois

200

62

31

12

Roberts

174

54

31

13

Aberdeen

625

189

30.2

14

Tensed

40

12

30

15

Weippe

244

72

29.5

16

Princeton

34

10

29.4

17

Hollister

82

24

29.3

18

Lapwai

387

111

28.7

19

Fort Hall

1061

296

27.9

20

Greenleaf

430

120

27.9

21

New Plymouth

623

174

27.9

22

Castleford

88

24

27.3

23

Ponderay

458

120

26.2

24

Wallace

435

113

26

25

Plummer

351

91

25.9

26

Grand View

152

39

25.7

27

Idaho

185

47

25.4

28

Gooding

1369

344

25.1

29

Ririe

167

42

25.1

30

Hauser

307

76

24.8

31

Dietrich

94

23

24.5

32

Caldwell

16204

3911

24.1

33

Kellogg

967

233

24.1

34

Mud Lake

114

27

23.7

35

Harrison

103

24

23.3

36

Wendell

934

217

23.2

37

Kamiah

580

134

23.1

38

Arco

310

71

22.9

39

Tetonia

110

25

22.7

40

Rupert

2101

472

22.5

41

Payette

2927

646

22.1

42

Riverside

307

68

22.1

43

Melba

189

41

21.7

44

McCall

1100

232

21.1

45

Emmett

2697

563

20.9

46

Acequia

53

11

20.8

47

Mullan

318

66

20.8

48

Pinehurst

739

153

20.7

49

Parma

845

173

20.5

50

Spirit Lake

823

168

20.4

51

Stites

107

21

19.6

52

Weiser

1928

377

19.6

53

Athol

348

68

19.5

54

Orofino

980

191

19.5

55

Challis

358

69

19.3

56

Burley

3554

669

18.8

57

Pocatello

20549

3860

18.8

58

Donnelly

43

8

18.6

59

Cottonwood

352

65

18.5

60

Nampa

30661

5629

18.4

61

Mountain Home

5344

966

18.1

62

Salmon

1466

265

18.1

63

Horseshoe Bend

324

58

17.9

64

Sandpoint

3460

619

17.9

65

Jerome

3866

689

17.8

66

Hansen

517

90

17.4

67

Filer

950

164

17.3

68

Blackfoot

4339

738

17

69

Eden

130

22

16.9

70

Bonners Ferry

1079

180

16.7

71

Lincoln

1111

186

16.7

72

Moreland

329

55

16.7

73

New Meadows

186

31

16.7

74

Shoshone

490

82

16.7

75

White Bird

30

5

16.7

76

Idaho Falls

21724

3607

16.6

77

Buhl

1633

270

16.5

78

Grangeville

1315

215

16.3

79

Downey

307

49

16

80

Juliaetta

275

44

16

81

McCammon

257

41

16

82

Lava Hot Springs

145

23

15.9

83

Potlatch

346

55

15.9

84

Robie Creek

699

111

15.9

85

Glenns Ferry

493

78

15.8

86

Basalt

134

21

15.7

87

Crouch

45

7

15.6

88

Murphy

32

5

15.6

89

Priest River

717

112

15.6

90

Kooskia

277

43

15.5

91

Coeur d'Alene

20090

3089

15.4

92

Council

397

61

15.4

93

Hailey

2669

411

15.4

94

St. Maries

1109

170

15.3

95

Winchester

131

20

15.3

96

Garden

5386

817

15.2

97

Mackay

191

29

15.2

98

Newdale

127

19

15

99

Notus

213

32

15

100

Heyburn

1106

164

14.8

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